Masters, which boasts the highest authority among the four major U.S. professional golf (PGA) tours, has strict qualifications and is limited in the number of players. Only 84 people will be invited to the 85th Masters, which will be held in April next year, and among Korean players, Lim Seong-jae (22, CJ Korea Express) is the only Korean player to be included.
At the Masters, 20 former champions with lifetime qualifications were invited as a top priority. In addition, invitations have been delivered to nine winners of the major competitions in the last five years, two winners of the ‘5th Major’ Players Championship in the last three years, the winners and runner-ups of the US Amateur Championship and the winners of the British Amateur Championship. In addition, the Masters participation rights have also been handed over to 6 winners in this year’s Masters in a joint 12th place, seven in the US Open and in the 4th place in the PGA Championship, and 12 winners of the US Professional Golf (PGA) Tour since April. Ten people qualified within the 50th place in the world rankings at the end of the year and obtained the right to participate in the Masters next year.
Lim Sung-jae was tied for second place at this year’s Masters held last month and received the right to participate in the next year’s tournament. Im Seong-jae was the first Asian national player to take the runner-up in this year’s Masters with the highest number of buddies (24) and the least putt (102). Kim Si-woo (25, CJ Logistics), who participated in the Masters as a winner of the Players Championship, had the three-year deadline expired and did not get any other qualifications. There are only two ways to get the Masters qualifier before the tournament. You can stand on the Masters stage if you win 13 PGA Tour competitions held just before the Masters or if you reach the top 50 in the world rankings on March 30 next year.
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